#c: two

[onlyxsurvivor]

zaroff: i have a plan to raise atlantis out of the sea

doctor: go on

zaroff: by draining the sea into the earth's core

doctor: but that'll destroy the entire planet!

zaroff: EXACTLY

doctor: so you're going to save atlantis

zaroff: yes

doctor: by blowing up the world

zaroff: yes

doctor: .....

zaroff: ..........

doctor: ...............

zaroff: have i mentioned i'm stark raving bonk--

doctor: yes i was getting that impression

[onlyxsurvivor]

@mathsandheresy

"Oh, Zoe, don’t look so glum, will you?” 

The Doctor abandoned his tinkering for a moment-- one finger reached out, tapping lightly against the end of Zoe’s nose.

“I was only teasing.”

[onlyxsurvivor]

@madwomaninabox13 gets a Two for Thirteen~

“Oh dear. Oh, no no no.”

The younger doctor wrung his hands, brows crinkling together as the identity of the strange, exuberant woman aboard his ship finally clicked into place. (Really, he ought to have known straight away, but in his defense the alarming readouts on the TARDIS console had him somewhat distracted.)

“Two of us in the same place and time, that’s only going to spell trouble. What are you doing here, hm?”

[onlyxsurvivor]

@verycivilofyou gets a Two for Jamie~

“Oh-- oh, Jamie, get away from there--!”

The Doctor had turned his back for just a moment, trying to get his bearings by the position of the planet’s triple suns, and he’d turned back just in time to see Jamie peering at a particularly dangerous bit of local flora. The rainforests on Daitera were fascinating, but one had to be rather careful.

“I wouldn’t touch that if I were you,” he advised, setting a warning hand on Jamie’s arm. “Not unless you want to lose a few fingers. Rikas bulbs have a tendency to, ah-- get a bit... bitey.”

[onlyxsurvivor]

@decidedopinions gets a Two for modern!Lizzy

The Doctor settled himself cross-legged in the grass near the edge of the dig site, turning a small stone figurine over and over in his hands. This was the third one, now, that the excavation team had found buried in the grounds around Arbor Low-- and by the sound of the excited rabble coming from the other dig site on the other side of the large stone circle, they’d just found a fourth. 

The figurine was incredibly detailed, far more so than it ought to have been for the time period, and it didn’t seem.... altogether human. The shape of the face, the strange ruff-like frills on the neck, three fingers instead of five... the Doctor couldn’t help a small smile as he recognised who it was meant to represent. 

Co-ordinator Vaillin - now, there was a nice chap. Shame the rest of his crew were rather intent on fighting with the local Celtic clan; it had taken quite some intervention on the part of himself, Zoe and Jamie to get the whole mess sorted out.

“Rather fascinating, isn’t it?” 

He looked up, beaming at a young woman nearby and handing her the statuette so she could get a look.

“Any, ah-- prevailing theories, so far?”

[onlyxsurvivor]

@ohhfiddle gets a Two for Victoria~

The citadel on Osha Rui was truly a beautiful place-- or at least, it had been, two or more centuries ago. The Doctor had been aiming for a point in the colony’s timeline when the citadel was thriving, people of all species and creeds and colours treading the colourful, mosaic-like pathways through the spiralling stone structures.

Unfortunately, as ever, his piloting left something to be desired. 

The citadel as it was now was overgrown with plant life, the once proud and ornate buildings crumbling around the edges. He stopped to perch on the edge of a long-defunct fountain, the statue at the centre of it (a four-armed woman, head bowed in repose) leaning queasily to one side as though it were about to topple over.

"Terrible shame,” he lamented, legs swinging idly. “This place was rather beautiful in its day, Victoria.... I was hoping to show you the Joining Of Hands festival, it’s really quite something--”

Behind him, half-shielded by what was left of one of the ruined towers, something large and dark began to move.

[onlyxsurvivor]

@canspotatimeagent gets a Two for Jack~

“No-- no, wait, don’t shoot--!”

He’d followed the distress signal of an escape pod all the way to twentieth century Cardiff, and found a stranded Kirruk amidst the ruins of what had been a community centre before her pod had slammed into it. Poor thing seemed rather shaken; the steering on the pod had malfunctioned and she’d made quite a mess when she landed. 

He’d only just begun to calm her down-- so now really wasn’t the time for a human to come blundering in with a weapon. The Doctor held up both hands, rushing forwards to place himself in the way before the stranger in the long coat could even think about shooting.

“There’s no need for that, she’s quite harmless,” he said quickly. “She-- she didn’t mean to destroy that building, it was a pure accident, isn’t that right?”

The Kirruk behind him clicked her mandibles in a way that might have been affirmative, all four eyes regarding the newcomer with suspicion.

[onlyxsurvivor]

@mathsandheresy

“How long have you been malfunctioning like this, Zoe?”

The Doctor’s hands were careful as they picked through her internal wiring, wary that one wrong move might cause his young friend quite a bit of discomfort. (Or a close approximation of discomfort, anyway. He still had so much to learn about how she experienced the world.)